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No. 623,429. Patented Apr. [8, I899. M. RUBIN.

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-MAX RUBIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SUSPENDER-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,429, dated April 18, 1899.

Application filed October 21, 1398.

To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, MAX RUBIN, of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Suspender-Buckles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a Suspender-buckle so constructed that two jaws will be provided adapted to hold the suspender-tips, the jaws being capable. of separation by pressure upon the body of the buckle and of being automatically restored to their normal or looking position.

Another object of the invention is to provide an economic buckle for suspenders by means of which a suspendertip may be quickly and conveniently released and attached and whereby the buckle may be operated by but one hand.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved buckle attached to a portion of the suspender. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the buckle and the tip attachment adapted for locking connection with the buckle, the tip attachment being supported from the buckle. Fig. is a rear view of the buckle and the suspender-tip attachmentin locking engagement with the buckle. Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section taken practically on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the buckle shown in Fig. 1, the jaws being in open position and the spring shown in the other views being dispensed with. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of a modified form of the buckle, and Fig. 7 is a plan view of the form of buckle shown in Fig. 6.

The body of the buckle is constructed in two parts or sections A and 13, each section comprising, preferably, an upper member 10, a return member 12, and a bottom member 13, the two upper members being connected by a pivot 11. The bottom member 13 of the section B is carried across and beyond the Serial No, 694,182. (No modelfi bottom member of the section A and downward to form a jaw 14, and the bottom member of the section A is carried across and beyond the section B and downward to form an opposing jaw 15, the two jaws 14 and 15 bearing such relation to each other that one jaw may pass back of the other.

In order that the movement of the two sections A and B may be properly guided, especially where the jaws are connected or are projected, the section A, for example, is provided with a slot 16 in its bottom member 13 at the point where said member is connected with the jaw belonging to said section, and the corresponding lower member 13 of the section B of the body is provided with a pin 17, that passes through the slot 16 and is capable of movement therein.

Any desired form of attaching device for a Suspender-tip, for example, may be used in connection with the buckle. Usually, however, the attaching medium between the suspender-tip and the buckle is that shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, comprising a shank 19, a loop 18, pivotally attached to the shank, and a head 20, which forms a portion of the shank and is carried outward. beyond the plane of the outer face of the shank, as is particularly shown in Fig. 4, the head 20 of the attaching device D being adapted to enter the space between the jaws 14 and 15 and to be clamped by said jaws, as shown particularly in Figs. 1, 3, and 4. The Suspender-tips 18 are attached in any suitable or approved manner to the loop 18, as is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4.

The web 21 of the suspender is passed through an opening 21, that is provided between the members of the sections of the body of the buckle, as is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 5, and the end of the said web may be secured to said body in any suitable or approved mannor. It is evident that when the two sections A and B of the body of the buckle are pressed downward the jaws 14 and 15 will be opened. These jaws are adapted to be automatically returned to their locking or clamping position when pressure upon said sections is relieved. Such a return may be accomplished as shown in Fig. 3, wherein a spring 22 is employed, the said spring being located at the back of the sections of the buckle, passing over the pivot-pin 11 and longitudinally of the members 10 of said sections, the ends of the spring being confined in sleeves 23, secured to the back portion of said members 10. As shown, this spring as the sections are relieved from downward pressure serves to restore the sections to their normalpositionnamely, in end alinement with each otherand the slot 16 and guide-pins 17 serve to prevent the two sections of the body of the buckle from being carried out of proper alinement with each other when the jaws are to be opened and when the jaws are to be closed.

In Fig. 5 I have illustrated the form of buckle shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, but the spring 22 has been omitted, the web 21 in this instance being an elastic web, and said web is depended upon to return the jaws to their closed position after they have been opened and the sections of the body are relieved from pressure.

In Figs. 6 and 7 I have illustrated a slight modification in the construction of the buckle,

the body of the buckle being made, as formerly shown, in two sections 0 and C; but each section of the buckle is in the form of a partial horizontal loop, comprising a rear member 24, a parallel front member 25, and a connecting member for the front and rear members. The two sections C and G are connected by pivotpins 26 and 27, one pivot-pin being at the rear and the other at the front, and the two pivotpins are immediately opposite, so that under this construction of the body of the buckle the spring is not needed, the web 21 of the suspender connected with the buckle serving to return the jaws to their initial position.

Under the improved construction of the suspender-buckle two jaws 2S and 29 are provided, as in the form of buckle first described, one jaw being pendent from the front member 25 of the section 0 and the other jaw being pendent from the corresponding member of the connected section 0. The operation of the jaws in the modified form of the buckle is the same as that in the form of buckle shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4c, and 5.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. Abuckle, comprising two U -shaped sections pivoted together at one end to form a loop, the other ends of the sections overlapping one another and each formed with a proj ecting jaw, substantially as described.

2. Abuckle, comprising two U-shaped sections pivoted together to form a loop, the other ends of the sections overlapping one another and each formed with a projecting jaw, and a spring engaging the sections for holding the jaws thereof in clamping position, substantially as described.

3. Abuckle, comprising two U-shaped sections pivoted together at one end and having their other ends overlapped and having guided movement one upon the other, each of the overlapped ends being formed with a jaw, substantially as described.

4. Abuckle, comprising two U-shaped sections having their upper members secured together and their lower members overlapping and having a pin-and-slot connection, each overlapping member being formed into a jaw,

substantially as described.

5. A buckle, comprising two sections, each formed of an upper and lower member connected by a return member, the sections having their upper members pivoted together and their lower members overlapping and each formed with a jaw, one of the overlapping members being provided with a slot and the other with a pin working in the said slot, substantially as described.

6. A buckle, comprising two sections, each formed of an upper and lower member connected by a return member, the upper members being pivoted together and the lower members overlapping and each formed with a jaw, the overlapping ends having guided movement one upon the other, and a spring secured to the upper members of the sections over the pivot thereof, substantially as described.

MAX RUBIN.

IVitnesses:

J. FRED. AOKER, JNo. M. BITTER. 

